Lesson 1. Greetings and Introductions. May 27th, 2005

The Bob and Rob Show’s first lesson! We talked about our first names, U.K. geography and greetings that are used when meeting someone for the first time. We also gave examples of American and British words that refer to the same thing.

Our names:
The name ‘Robert’ is English; ‘Roberto’ is Italian or Spanish.
‘Robert’ can be shortened to ‘Rob’ or ‘Bob’; ‘Robbie/Robby’ and ‘Bobby/Bobbie’ [bad word] from ‘Robert’.

Greetings: 
A: Nice to meet you. 
B: Nice to meet you, too.
OR
A: How do you do? 
B: How do you do?

American/British equivalents: 
apartment/flat [bad word] lorry 
shopping cart/trolley 
elevator/lift 
underwear/pants